With Friends Like This, Who Needs Enemies?

Hypocrisy is a virtue among terrorists.

Many people are under the impression that physical violence must be involved for one to commit terrorism or be a terrorist. This isn't the case. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "Terror" as "a state of intense fear." It further defines "terrorism" as "the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion."

While many would to focus on those of different nationalities or faiths as "the terrorists". The reality is they themselves can fall into this category as well. For they have continued to use "the systematic use of terror" to put forth their agenda of demonizing the current administration "as a means of coercion". As I put forth in my book, there have been those in the past who have used this method to put forth their agenda. President Bush used the act of terror to move our resources from the search for those who attacked us on 9/11 into a false war in Iraq.

 

The late Jerry Fawell used the same tactics to continue the discrimination of LGBT citizens. Both, like Al Qaeda have recruited minions to carry on their terrorist rhetoric. Now those minions are using their trainng and have refined it to cause greater terror in the citizens of the United States. In the case of the Fundamentalists, they have used their terror to convince people they are less then acceptable in the eyes of God to get them to try and change that which God has made. They further use terror as a means to extract millions in fees for conversion therapy; leaving a bloody trail of dead and mentally damaged individuals in their wake. Again, like Al Qaeda, feeling righteous in their actions simply by evoking the name of God. Just because one smiles as they spread their hate, this does not diminish the terror they create. However, while the Fundamentalist is slightly more covert, they, like the conservative Republicans, have their media leaders like Pat Robertson to spread there hate filled rhetoric through the air waves. Though this is one show amongst many.There are indeed a number of fundamentalist preachers who are actually suggesting our President be killed. Not as an off-the-cuff remark, but actually and actively pray for this to happen. They even have products for sale that promote this notion. What makes these people any different then the Muslim Jihadist?

Republicans on the other hand have an entire network devoted to their campaign of terrorism. Fox News Channel is show after show of Republican talking points. Terrorists like those pictured below are not covert at all in their campaign of terror. They have their network that welcomes them with open arms, but they go from town to town, meeting to meeting, spreading fear and hate with reckless abandon. While the entire GOP, now commonly known as "the party of no", uses fear mongering as a tool of coercion, I used those pictured below because they have gone beyond the pale. They do not simply spread fear, they actively use terror to put forth false claims.

Sarah Palin coined the phrase "Death Panels" in referring to health care reform. Obviously she has never had much experience with the middle class or the sick; else she would know these already exist within the insurance industry. There are thousands that die every year because they can not have access to health care simply because they have a "pre-existing condition", have their policies retroactively canceled or simply cannot afford the high premiums. Recently she has said she is for profiling due to the Fort Hood massacre. Though does she feel Christians should be profiled because of Timothy McVeigh, or Paul Hill, the abortion Doctor killer or Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, the murders of Matthew Shepard?

Dick Chaney has made a career of being a terrorist. He likes to say the Bush administration "protected" us for terrorist attacks, but conveniently leaves out the part that the worst terrorist attack on our nation happened during their administration. He also forgets that this "protection" came from abuse of power, trampling on the constitution (something he swore to uphold and defend) and breaking international law. The reality is he and his cronies actions made America more hated and more vulnerable then before because their actions were used as recruiting tools for other terrorists to grow their ranks and angst against what they perceive are American ideals. He continues to use terror to put forth his agenda of hate for this administration and progressive liberals. More then a few believe he wants America to have another terrorist attack so he can say he was right.

I save Glenn Beck for the last because he, more then any other, has used and continues to use terror to put forth inane and paranoid delusions of fascism and socialism taking over America. He makes outrageous claim after outrageous claim to bring terror into the hearts of Americans. He uses this fear to brew the poison of hate. He along with Christian fundamentalists actively spew hate for our President. He is not alone in showing his disdain for the administration. He is on Fox News after all. Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly come in a close second. Indeed Bill O'Reilly was quoted as stating he didn't care about the constitution, that HE was the one who can make the decision as to the definition of the law.

The point of all this is that using fear to a point of causing terror to coerce people into agreeing with your ideologies is by definition, terrorism and thereby makes one a terrorist. If indeed we are going to have a war on terrorism, it is nothing but pure hypocrisy to say our terrorism by Americans against Americans is okay. There are ways in a civil society of making one's point without trying to scare people. If one has to use fear instead of reason to put forth their ideology, maybe one should review the veracity of their ideology. The first sign your dealing with a terrorist, is seeing their hypocrisy. Sarah Palin, Dick Chaney and Glenn Beck are only three of the GOP, but they have terrorist hypocrisy down to an art form.

May the love and light of God shine upon you and through you, now and forever.